1.   Area gasoline retailers said Friday that it was too early to comment about the investigation.

2.   A drop in demand from the prior week combined with surging imports to ensure gasoline retailers are well supplied, which could continue through the summer months.

3.   A drop in demand from the prior week combined with surging imports to ensure gasoline retailers are well-supplied, which could continue through the summer months.

4.   But gasoline retailers typically raise prices in May, in anticipation of the busy summer driving season.

5.   Gasoline retailers are rushing to install card readers at their pumps, to save customers the walk to the cashier.

6.   Gasoline and crude oil prices have fallen as supplies of both commodities overwhelm demand from refiners and gasoline retailers.

7.   Geoff Sundstrom, an AAA spokesman, said gasoline retailers are reluctant to drop prices unless forced to do so by competitors.

8.   Lukoil will run the station through Nexus Fuels Inc., an Irving, Texas-based gasoline retailer, half-owned by Lukoil.

9.   The other big gasoline retailers include U.S. oil companies Texaco Inc. and Mobil Corp.

10.   The other two big gasoline retailers in the U.K. are British Petroleum Co. and Texaco Inc.